Talks of budget woes seem to be the norm lately, but Richey Seaton, executive director of the Georgia Cotton Commission, says they are fighting for cotton farmers to ensure that agricultural research dollars remain intact. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …
U.S. Committing to Aflatoxin Fight in Africa
The U.S. is committing 12-million dollars for aflatoxin control in Africa as efforts continue to prevent high levels of aflatoxin contamination in maize and peanuts here and in Nigeria. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely …
USDA Announces New Recreational, Fishing and Hunting Opportunities in Rural Areas
This just in from USDA: WASHINGTON, June 13, 2011 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced developments in two popular USDA programs that will support conservation of working lands for the benefit of wildlife, water quality, and recreation. The Secretary announced that USDA will accept 2.8 million acres offered by landowners under the 41st Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up. …
Ag in Review for the Week of June 06, 2011
A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025
EPA Clean Water Act Guidance Document Will be Hard to Fight
The EPA is continuing its effort to expand jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act. This time through a guidance document and regulatory specialist for the American Farm Bureau Federation, Don Parrish, paints a pretty disturbing picture of just how much the expansion could affect farmers. FL Download Audio AL/GA Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term …
Dry Year
Everett Griner tells us how the southeast and the southwest if facing a long dry year. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025
Nearly Half of Survey Respondents Experiencing Labor Shortages
The recent Georgia Agribusiness Council survey shows that nearly half of the 132 respondents are experiencing agricultural labor shortages. The complete survey results can be found at ga-agribusiness.org. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember …
Drought Adding to High Input Cost for Cotton Farmers
The lingering drought is obviously creating some challenges for our cotton growers and Richey Seaton with the Georgia Cotton Commission says one of those is the addition of just one more expenditure to an already expensive crop. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida …
SipCamAdvan Committed to Peanut Industry
George Hackman with SipcamAdvan says they are committed to the peanut industry and wants growers to know they have a full line of fungicides for peanuts. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025
USDA to Issue Partial 2010-Crop Counter-Cyclical Payments for Peanuts
This just in from the U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, June 9, 2011 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA will issue approximately $10 million in partial 2010-crop counter-cyclical payments to producers with peanut base acres enrolled in USDA’s Direct and Counter-Cyclical Payment (DCP) Program. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida …